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George Andrew J. MacKay (; born 13 March 1992) is a English actor. He began his career as a child actor in ''Peter Pan'' (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama ''Private Peaceful'' (2012), the romantic film ''How I Live Now'' (2013), ''For Those in Peril'' (2013), for which he won a
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and was nominated for the
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, and ''Marrowbone'' (2017). He garnered recognition for his leading role in ''1917'' (2019) which received critical acclaim and numerous awards.


Early life and education

MacKay was born in
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, London to Kim Baker, a British costume designer from London, and Paul MacKay, an Australian working in lighting and stage management. He grew up in
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with his younger sister. He is of Irish descent on his mother’s side, his maternal grandmother being from
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. MacKay attended
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, an
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in London. When he was 17, he unsuccessfully auditioned for entrance to the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sen ...
and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.


Career


2002–2012: Child acting

In 2002, MacKay was spotted at school by an acting scout who asked him to audition for a role in P. J. Hogan’s 2003 film adaptation of ''
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''. He attended a workshop and won the role of one of the Lost Boys, Curly, in what was his first professional acting job. In 2005, at the age of 13, he won the role of Riccio in ''
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'', the film adaptation of
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’s best-selling children’s novel. He was also cast in the lead role in ''
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'', a
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...
three-part television drama adapted from
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’s novel of the same name. MacKay also had some work in television, including roles in ''
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'', ''Footprints in the Snow'' and '' The Brief''. In the 2008 film '' Defiance'', MacKay played
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, the youngest of the four Bielski brothers. In 2009 he portrayed Harry in '' The Boys Are Back'' starring
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. MacKay co-starred in the
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-directed musical film ''
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'' opposite
Minnie Driver Amelia Fiona Jessica "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English actress. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in 1995's '' Circle of Friends''. She went on to star in a wide range of films including the cult classic ''Grosse ...
,
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and
Kimberley Nixon Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985) is a Welsh actor, actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama ''Cranford (TV series), Cranford'', and appearances in various films such as ''Wild Child (film), Wild C ...
, which is set in 1970s
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.


2012–present

In 2012, he played the main character, Private Tommo Peaceful, in ''
Private Peaceful ''Private Peaceful'' is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War ...
,'' and appeared as a paralyzed soldier in the inspirational film ''
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''. In 2013, MacKay portrayed Eddie in ''
How I Live Now ''How I Live Now'' is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature. Plot Fifteen-year-o ...
'' opposite
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and directed by Kevin Macdonald, and starred as Davy in the musical film '' Sunshine on Leith'', featuring songs by
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, directed by
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. In 2014, MacKay played the role of Joe, a 20-year-old struggling to
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in a
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Britain in 1984 in the film ''
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'' (based on a true story) also starring
Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. There he ...
. In 2015, Mackay took the lead role as Richard Miller in
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’s coming-of-age play, ''
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'' directed by
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at Young Vic. In July 2015, MacKay filled the title role of Lewis Aldridge in the BBC’s two-part television adaptation of
Sadie Jones Sadie Jones (born 1967) is an English writer and novelist best known for her award-winning debut novel, ''The Outcast'' (2008). Early years Jones was raised in London, the daughter of Evan Jones, a Jamaican-born poet and scriptwriter, who worke ...
’ debut novel ''The Outcast''. In February 2016, he portrayed the part of Bill Turcotte in the Hulu production of
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’s sci-fi/suspense thriller '' 11.22.63''. From 29 March to 14 May 2016, MacKay performed the part of Mick in
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’s play ''
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'' directed by Matthew Warchus at
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Theatre in London opposite
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and
Daniel Mays Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor. Early life Born in Epping, Essex, the third of four boys, Mays was brought up in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Acad ...
. In the 2016 film '' Captain Fantastic'', MacKay portrayed Bodevan, eldest son of Ben Cash (
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). In 2017, he played Jack, the main character in ''Marrowbone'', a psychological horror film directed and written by
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, and also starring Anya Taylor-Joy,
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and
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. MacKay portrayed
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in ''Ophelia'', a 2018 film retelling the story of Shakespeare’s play from the perspective of the young female character
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. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and included
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,
Naomi Watts Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama '' For Love Alone'' (1986) and then appeared in three television series, '' Hey Dad..!'' (1990), '' ...
,
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, and
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in the cast. In the 2018 film ''
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'', MacKay portrayed Lutz, a member of the
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in
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who falls in love with a biracial girl, portrayed by
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. In a 2019 release, MacKay interpreted the role of outlaw
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in ''
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'' directed by
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. Adapted from the
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-winning novel of the same name by Peter Carey, the film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. That same year, MacKay played the lead role of
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William Schofield, a young British
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soldier in '' 1917'', directed by Sam Mendes. ''1917'' was nominated for Best Picture in the
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, along with nominations in nine other categories, winning three technical awards. MacKay stars in Nathalie Biancheri's film ''
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'' alongside
Lily-Rose Depp Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 27 May 1999) is a French-American actress and model. Depp began her acting career with a small role in ''Tusk'' (2014), and went on to star in the period drama '' The Dancer'' (2016), in which she played Isadora Dunc ...
, for which principal photography began in Ireland in August 2020. The film premiered at the
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in September 2021 as the entry for
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, and was theatrically release on 3 December 2021. In 2022, MacKay starred in Christian Schwochow’s film ''
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'' for
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.


Upcoming projects

As of September 2021 Mackay was reportedly under consideration, along with several other men, to succeed
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in the role of
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. In October 2021, he was cast in a Golden Age musical film ''The End'' along with Tilda Swinton and Stephen Graham, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. In May 2022, it was announced that Mackay is set to star in revenge thriller ''Femme'' alongside
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.


Artistry and media reception

MacKay has been called a
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by multiple media sources. With his acting roles, MacKay stated that he wanted "as much as ecan to try and explore different roles and different characters, that's important to im. ''
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'' writer Elizabeth Aubrey stated that MacKay is "someone who knows all about big parts" as illustrated in his lead roles in Sam Mendes' Academy Award-winning '' 1917'' and Justin Kurzel's daring ''
True History of the Kelly Gang ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize an ...
''. Aubrey added that for Mackay, "going to extremes when preparing for a role isn't something new" and that his roles are "chosen by a desire to push the boundaries of storytelling, to ask challenging questions about identity, and leave audiences with more questions than answers via stories that start important cultural conversations". ''The Last Magazine'' writer Jonathan Shia stated that,
"MacKay's CV is notable for both its length and its breadth, but he says the connecting thread is that he looks to each of his disparate projects to bring something new to his career".
MacKay himself has stated that he is inspired to put his best in every role he takes saying that, "The beauty of acting is that it is done ultimately in a very safe environment, and therefore the consequences are just the consequences of the story ..Those things might not have actually happened to you, but they will be rooted in some kind of experience". ''
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'' writer Alexandra Pollard wrote that MacKay's roles are tactically "chosen to broaden his perspective on the world" and that he is "clearly intensely thoughtful, in both conversation and in his career". MacKay cites actors
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,
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and
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as influences for his work. MacKay's role in ''1917'' is notable for launching him into mainstream media and his role received critical acclaim and numerous accolades. His acting in the 2021 film ''Wolf'' was called "the best performance of his still-rising career". In May 2022, it was announced that Mckay was cast in
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’s latest sci-fi film, '' The Beast''.


Filmography


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Television


Stage


Audio


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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George MacKay
at the
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